St Vincent de Paul Society’s Wollongong Diocesan Central Council is calling on business leaders from Macarthur to Shoalhaven and the Southern Highlands to spend a winter night outdoors to help raise more than $100,000 to fund frontline homelessness services. CEOs and senior executives will come together at St Mary StarRead more »
The new planning system has thrown out the baby with the bath water, says Macarthur Greens councillor Ben Moroney. He says the introduction of local planning panels has resulted in the removal of the public interest test in determining development applications. Cr Moroney, who was first elected to Campbelltown CouncilRead more »
Less than a year out from the next state election, Labor MP Anoulack Chanthivong tells the Voice that conviction and consistency are the most important attributes of an effective politician. “I will always take my values and views I formed in main street Macquarie Fields, not main street Sydney,’’ saysRead more »
Around this time last year Ginger Kennett was a young equestrian star on the rise. She had made the Australian team for the junior world vaulting championships in Ermelo, Netherlands in 2015 and the future looked bright. A serious health challenge took her focus away from the sport she lovesRead more »
Despite a big legal victory in the Land and Environment Court, anti intermodal crusader John Anderson says the fight must go on. The chairman of Residents Against Intermodal Development (RAID) Inc says the court imposed conditions on noise, air quality and biodiversity are welcome but don’t go far enough. MrRead more »
Campbelltown Council’s vision for massive growth in the region is “ambitious but sadly unrealistic’’, says State Member for Macquarie Fields and former mayor, Anoulack Chanthivong. “Around 2,000 constituents have completed my Stop the Squeeze survey and have emphatically told me that our city is at breaking point,” he said today.Read more »
Campbelltown City Council says today will mark the start of a new era as it will unveil its “bold vision’’ in the NSW Parliament House in front of Sydney’s leaders in government, business, tourism, health, education and sport. Campbelltown will announce that it aims to create “Australia’s Greenest City” asRead more »
Councillor Warren Morrison wants the streets, roads and avenues in the new Menangle Park Estate named after the soldiers who were posted there for World War I and II. At tomorrow night’s Campbelltown Council meeting, Cr Morrison will propose that the council request such names be considered by the developer,Read more »
More than 300 guests made Monday night’s Jobs for Youth Night at Wests Leagues Club a huge success. Hosted by MWLP Linking Youth, the aim of the night was to link young people to careers, with a focus on apprenticeships and traineeships. This is how Adam Farmer, employment services managerRead more »
There are some striking similarities between Angus Taylor and Bob Hawke. That’s true even allowing for Hawke being Labor royalty while the federal member for Hume flies the Liberal Party flag in Canberra. Both Angus Taylor and Bob Hawke were successful in their respective fields before entering politics. They enteredRead more »
Tony Norton remembers Roy Warby doing the hard yards on the field for the mighty Campbelltown City Kangaroos rugby league footy team many, many years ago. The two became mates, and now they share another special bond: they are both life members of Wests Group Macarthur. “Roy’s always put inRead more »
Ollie Pope is a young English cricketer on the rise who has called Minto home for the past few months. The wicketkeeper batsman flew to Australia for the very first time to join Campbelltown Camden Ghosts for the 2017-18 Sydney Premier Cricket season. He has scored almost 1,000 runs, includingRead more »
